Yael Stone to return to Australia from US to fight climate change
Australian actress is making a climate stand of her own, vowing to give up her US green card and return to her home country of Australia to cut carbon emissions from flying often between the two countries. The actress, who established a home in both countries after obtaining a US green card, said she could no longer justify her actions in light of Australia's and stated that it is not 'environmentally ethical to build a life across two continents.' 'The carbon emissions alone from that flying, it's unethical, it's not right,' she said in a video uploaded to her social media. 'So I will be going through the process of giving up my green card and saying goodbye to a life in America.' Stone, who plays Lorna Morello in the Netflix series Orange Is the New Black, went on to announce she would be joining the fight to tackle climate change in her home country. 'I'm going to be here in Australia, doing the work I can to make a difference here, because the time is now. Like I said, this is war and we've only got ten years, so let's make these sacrifices, let's make these changes.' She added: 'This is just the beginning for me.' Stone had in a previous post drawn attention to the devastating bushfires that have gripped Australia in recent months, adding that her country is on fire. She criticised Prime Minsiter 's perceived inaction on the issue, saying: 'We don't have leaders, we have cowards.' Australia's government is sticking firmly to a position that there is no direct link between climate change and the country's devastating bushfires, despite public anger, the anguish of victims and warnings from scientists. Prime Minister Scott Morrison and his emissions reduction minister, Angus Taylor, say Australia does not need to cut carbon emissions more aggressively to limit global warming, even after a three-year drought and unprecedented bushfires.